Offered
Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)
Synopsis
Topics include development and application of microeconomic theory for the economic evaluation of (public) sector investment projects and policies; investment analysis and criteria, discounting techniques; Pareto potential improvement criterion, shadow pricing, social discount rates, distribution issues, secondary benefits, risk and uncertainty, cost-effectiveness.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%
Contact hours
Three contact hours per week
Prohibitions
ECC4790
